Water-fitting for laundry-trays.



C. 0. SCHOONOVER. WATER FITTING FOR LAUNDRY TRAYS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5. I9I6.

Patnted July 10,

.TlNTTED STATES PATENT CHARLES O. SCHOONOVER, GF LOS ANGELES,CALIFORNIA., .ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T .ARTHUR E. LYON, OF LOS ANGELES,CALIFORNIA.

WATER-FITTING FOB. LAUNDRY-TRAYS.

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Application filed September 6, 1916.

To all lwhom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES O. ScHooN- ovnn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles, State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in /Vater-Fittings for Laundry-Trays, of which the following is a specification.

rThis invention relates to water fitting for laundry trays and the like;and has for its object the provision of a simple form of fitting forfacilitating water connections to sets of laundry trays. illustrate myinvention as applied to a pair of laundry trays, although it will beunderstood that the invention may be, by duplication, applied to morethan two trays. The illustration and description of the application fortwo trays sufficiently sets forth the principal features of myinvention.

A preferred form of device, embodying my invention, comprises a castingmade in a single piece with two water passages therethrough, said waterpassages being arranged in a single vertical plane, and each having aninlet connection and each having two outlet connections leading outhorizontally on opposite sides of the passages for attachment ofconnection pipes to the valves or faucets of the trays. lt is a distinctfeature of my device that the passages all lie in a single verticalplane; so that the device is flat and fits easily into the narrow spacebehind the trays or behind the backs of the trays.

l illustrate a preferred form of device in the accompanying drawings inwhich Figure 1 is a front elevation of a pair of laundry trays equippedwith my invention; Fig. 2 is a section and plan taken as indicated bylines 2 2 on Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical, central section of my tting,showing its interior construction, and Fig. il is a vertical transversesection of the fitting taken as indicated by line 11C-1 on Fig. 3.

lin the drawings the numerals designate laundry trays arranged onealongside the other; and numerals 11 designate the backs therefor. Thesebacks 11 are usually of the configuration shown, leaving a shallow spacebetween the wall surface 12 and the backs in which the piping may bearranged. Or, if backs are not used and the faucets mounted directly inthe trays themselves, the spaces behind the trays are shal- Speccationof Letters Patent.

Serial No. 118,608.

low and restricted. Tt is an object of my invention to provide a simpleone-piece device which may be set up in this restricted space and whichwill facilitate the connection of water to the trays. I accordinglyemploy a body 15, preferably a. casting, having a pair of passages 16and 17 therethrough. The passage 16 has a lower inlet connection at 18adapted for connection with the cold water pipe 19 and the passage 17has an inlet connection 20 at its lower end adapted for connection withthe hot water pipe 21. Immediately above the lower connection 20 thepassage 17 has a horizontally extending connection 22 for connectionwith the pipe 23 which leads to the hot water faucet 24e of the lefthand tray; and at its upper end this passage 17 has an oppositelyhorizontally extending connection 25 connecting with the hot water pipe26 which leads to the hot water faucet 27 of the right-hand tray. rTheseveral pipes, passage 17, and the connections 22 and 25 all lie in thesame vertical plane. The passage 16 lies in the same vertical planeaforesaid; and at its right side has an outlet connection 30 adapted toconnect with pipe 31 which leads to the cold water faucet 32 of theright-hand tray. This passage 16 has, at its left-hand side, aconnection 33 into which a nipple 31- of a connection making member 35is screwthreaded. This connection making member also has ascrew-threaded connection at 36 into the casting 15 and through the wallof the passage 17; the nipple 34 extending transversely horizontallyacross passage 17, which passage is enlarged at this point to providefor hot water passage around the nipple 311. The connection member 35connects with the pipe 37 which leads to the cold water faucet 33 of theleft-hand tray. All these pipes, and both passages, and all theiroutlets and inlets lie in one vertical plane; so that the whole pipingarrangement takes up very little space behind the backs 11; as isclearly shown in Fig. 2. Each of the pipes 23, 26, 31 and 37 havespecial flanged elbows 40 on their outer ends. The flanges 41 of theseelbows are drawn up against the rear surfaces of the backs when thefaucets 24, etc., are screwed into them; and washers 12 provide forwater-tight joints to prevent any water leaking back through the backs(or through the back sides of the trays when the faucets are in- 1atented July 16, 1191"?.

stalled inthe walls of the trays themselves ratherfthanrin backs, asillustrated). The

upright supply pipes 19 andl may be provided with slip joints l5 so thatthe fitting may be easily adjusted asffor'heigh-tg'lancl-L thehorizontal pipes may be also provided with slip joints, as illustratedat 46,"so that.l

the connections may be easily adjustable horizontally to accurately'suit thehorizontal distance between the tubs and the horizontaldistance `between the various' faucets and the 'fitti'ngl5.

Iti'wilhbe seen that I havevprovided a simple-and easily 'installeddevice which will" 'fit into' the restricted space behind laundryf traysor "the "likel' Although' 'the' specifici forni offdefviceliereindescribed is effective' as applied to 'the pair of trays; yet I dolnotrestrict myself in detail to this specific lform,

'reserving the"- riglit to make whatever changes'are included within'the definition of my invention in the following claims;

Having described a preferred forinof in2 vention,"I clainiz' saidpassages.' l

2. A Water 'fitting'for laundry trays and the like,I embodying'aone-piece body having' a passage'. therethrough lying in "one 'verticalplane andliaving jan' inlet connectionand two' opposite outlet'connections for connection pipes .extending horizontally in'saidplane," and having' another passage 'lying also' in saidplane' with'aninlet connection' and two opposite outlet-'connections for con-' nection'pipes extending horizontally in said*A plane,`one"of "said outletconnections' passing'transversely"through onefof said pase sages."

3. A waterfitting for laundry trays and 1 the -like,y embodying .-aone-piece body having apassagertherethrough.:with an inlet connection atits lower end and two outlet connections(V extending oppositely horizon50 tally from the passage, one immediately `;.abo\iefthe'fin'letconnection and one yatthe upper end of the passage, said passage and itsinlet and Loutlet' connections all lying in a vertical plane, the bodyhaving another passage AV with a lower. A inlet connection 'and twoopposite 'outletj connections, all lying in the plaine aforesaid, one ofsaid outlet 'con'-L nections being attached to""an`"outlet con-" nectionmember which" passes transversely through f lthe first s mentionedpassage' an d' joins with said outlet'connect'ion.'

el. A water fitting for laundry trays and the like, embodying aone-piece body "having a passage"therethrough"'withan inlet con- 65#nection'at its 'lower endand'two outlet con'' nections l extending"oppositely 1 horizontally from thpassage,l one immediatelyabove theinlet"connection'land one -at"the' upper` end of "the passage," saidpassaget'and 'its'70 inlet' and outletconnections" all"`lyi'ngin asinglevertical plane,- the^body` having an-f other passage`with'a lowerinletconnection and twov oppositeoutlet conne'ctiims,` all lying in theplane aforesaid, one .of' said out' 75 let connections being attachedto' anoutlet connection member "screw-'threaded intoV the` body,A'passi-ng transversely i'through the' Vfirst mention-ed passageiindscrew-threaded'into the "said .V 'outletfro'm the 'second mentioned' 80passage," the" first"jiiientioned' passagel 'being enlarged aro'und"saidmember' to 'provide' water passage therearonnd:

In witnessk that 'I cl'ainitli'e foregoing I have hereuntosubscribed'niy name 'this A80th' '85 i day I of "Aiig'fust @1916."

4 GHAS. '0.' SCHOONOVER.'v Witnesses t' ARTHUR' f 'EP LYON,-J ELwooD H.BARKELEW.

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